Philip John Robinson (born 6 January 1967) is an English former

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who played as a

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for Aston Villa,

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, Chesterfield, Stoke City,

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and Stafford Rangers. He is Manchester City's international youth scouting and recruitment manager.

Career

Robinson was born in Stafford and began his career with Aston Villa in 1985. He then played for

for two seasons which ended with back to back promotions and then achieved the same feat with

. After a short loan spell with

, during which he was part of the side that won the

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, Robinson played two years at

and played on loan for

before joining Chesterfield helping the side gain promotion 1994–95 and then made a return to Notts County where he enjoyed his fifth promotion in 1997–98. Robinson joined Stoke City in June 1998 and played 44 times in 1998–99 and was made captain by

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for the 1999–2000 campaign. He then went on to play for Hereford United to later become player-coach under manager Graham Turner. Robinson spent six years as manager of home-town club Stafford Rangers. Appointed in summer 2002 after a spell with Hereford United, he guided the team to four high-finishing positions in the league, promotion back to the Conference, three Staffordshire Senior Cup finals, FA Cup First Round three times and FA Trophy quarter finals. He resigned on 2 December 2007.

Later career

He graduated from the

University of Salford , caption = Coat of ArmsUniversity of Salford , mottoeng = "Let us seek higher things" , established = 1850 - Pendleton Mechanics Institute 1896 – Royal Technical Institute, Salford 1967 – gained ...

in 1999 with a degree in Physiotherapy. In June 2008, he took up a temporary coaching role with Cheltenham Town to cover for the absence through injury of Bob Bloomer. In October 2008, he joined Birmingham City to oversee recruitment to their

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. Robinson was then appointed as head of talent identification at Aston Villa before joining Manchester City as international youth scouting and recruitment manager.

Career statistics

Source:

Honours

Wolverhampton Wanderers * Football League Fourth Division champions: 1987–88 *

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champions: 1988–89 Notts County *

third-place promotion: 1989–90 *

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play-off winner:

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champions: 1997–98 Birmingham City * Associate Members' Cup winners:

Chesterfield *

third-place promotion: 1994–95

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Robinson, Phil 1967 births Living people Sportspeople from Stafford English footballers Association football midfielders Aston Villa F.C. players Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players Notts County F.C. players Birmingham City F.C. players Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players Northampton Town F.C. players Chesterfield F.C. players Stoke City F.C. players Hereford United F.C. players Stafford Rangers F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players English football managers Stafford Rangers F.C. managers Cheltenham Town F.C. non-playing staff Alumni of the University of Salford